China’s regulations look good on paper but the absence of an independent judiciary means the rules are sometimes applied inconsistently.
A snake trying to swallow an elephant
Top general Zhang Youxia purged as rumors rock the CCP.
Nepal charges Chinese state firm and 55 officials with corruption
Nepal’s anti-graft watchdog says state-owned China CAMC Engineering, in tandem with Nepali officials, colluded to inflate the costs of a Belt and Road airport project.
China’s $1B green “priority” dam rocked by scandal
Allegations of corruption and shoddy construction at Fujian’s Tongan power project take centerstage as part of Beijing’s scripted political theater.
Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in a generation
Flammable renovation materials turn aging estate into inferno. Arrests made.
Quebec engineering body finds former SNC-Lavalin CEO guilty on multiple counts of misconduct
The damning verdict marks a formal rebuke of systemic corruption under ex-CEO Jacques Lamarre’s watch.
Xi Jinping’s waning sun
Elite purges and unscripted policy reversals hint at instability behind the Party’s veiled decision-making.
The Quiet Invasion: A podcast investigation into Canada’s criminal capture
Despite U.S. warnings and sporadic enforcement, Canada’s failure to address hybrid warfare tactics—blending crime, economic coercion, and political subversion—has enabled China’s strategic beachhead.
Corruption in Canada with Sam Cooper
Investigative journalist Sam Cooper unpacks how foreign interference unravelled the “true north strong and free”.
Chinese military purges hint at unraveling stability of Communist leadership
Probes and removal of senior officers considered allies of Xi Jinping are a sign of pervasive corruption and ruinous political infighting.
‘Endemic’ CCP corruption, organized crime, and graft
An unclassified report offers American citizens a transparent view of key fault lines within China’s ruling party.
Quebec engineering group examines conduct of former SNC chief executive Jacques Lamarre
Disciplinary council hearings are underway to consider whether Mr. Lamarre infringed the L’Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec’s code of ethics and professional duties in the early 2000s.
A paradise for corruption
Britain tries to clean up its dirtiest secret.
Xi’s anti-corruption drive ‘doing more harm than good’
New academic research and analysis shows President Xi Jinping’s high-profile anti-corruption drive has fallen short of its goal. Citizens blame local graft on the central government rather than regional authorities. The Financial Times reports.
Some countries really are more corrupt than others
According to this fantastic commentary on corruption by Alina Mungiu-Pippidi for Foreign Policy, “the rule of law and control of corruption are nearly synonymous”. Without rule of law, she says, attempts to reign in corruption through legal mechanisms will only be captured by the corrupt system in place. The way forward? The defeat of corruption, she says, is not achieved “by importing legal silver bullets from abroad,” it is a political process enabled “through a mix of policies advanced by domestic advocates”. Read on!
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